1st Place — Databricks Free Edition Hackathon 2025

VidMind

An automated pipeline that ingests raw technical demo videos from YouTube, distills their content into a structured knowledge base, and makes it searchable. Turning scattered video into queryable data won it first place in the inaugural Free Edition hackathon spanning 16 countries.

Event: Databricks Free Edition Hackathon
Organizer: Databricks
Year: 2025
Region: Global
Prize: 1st Place
Tech: Databricks, Video Analysis, Knowledge Base
Award source: Databricks official blog (winner announcement)

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